censorious
severely critical or fault-finding
Roots
- -ous / -ious: full of or marked by a quality
- cens: assess, judge, value, or officially count
Other words with the cens root
- censor: official suppressor or examiner
- censurable: deserving blame or criticism
- censure: strong criticism or official blame
- census: official count of a population
Censorious people seem always ready to judge and condemn.
His censorious comments made revision feel like punishment.